Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 26849 — Image-makers, and reports about them

It is narrated from al-Nadr bin Anas bin Malik that he said: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he was giving fatwas. (As evidence) he did not say: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said," until a man asked him: I am a man who makes these pictures? Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to him: Come close. So the man came close. Then Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever makes a picture in this world will be charged on the Day of Resurrection with breathing a soul into that picture, and he will not be able to breathe it in."